PACK TRIPS
Snowmass Creek Outfitters
“Our Million Star Camps”
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OVERNIGHT SNOWMASS CREEK/ SNOWMASS LAKE/ LOST REMUDA
Guests will mount up at the Snowmass Creek trailhead for this camping trip of a lifetime. After a couple hours in the saddle, riders will dismount for a lunch break surrounded by wilderness and beauty. After lunch we continue the ride through untouched landscape with magnificent views. You will arrive at our camp around four in the afternoon. The cowboys will take care of the horses while guests go fishing, play horseshoes, take a small hike or just relax until dinner. After dinner guest can enjoy a campfire under the stars with all the s’mores. Day two will start with a big breakfast to get you ready for a great day. A short ride takes you up to the unbelievably beautiful Snowmass Lake, the headwaters of Snowmass Creek. If your group is the here to fish we can leave very early in the morning to be at Snowmass lake for the day, fishing or just relaxing is the call for the day before saddling up and riding back to civilization. You will be back at the trailhead before dinnertime. This is truly a great family experience. Activities and sight seeing options (Snowmass Lake, Fishing, Hiking, Buck Skin Pass).
Adult $700 per person
2 Days/ 1 Nights |
Child $700 per person
2 Days/ 1 Nights |
Private 2 People $2,100 |
| This trip includes meals, two full days with your horse, two nights below the Maroon Bells. For more than four people or additional days please contact us for a discounted rate. |
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| Stay another night to give yourself more time to explore LOST REMUDA, BUCKSKIN PASS, TRAIL RIDER PASS, and catch more Fish at SNOWMASS LAKE!
Adult $1400 per person
3 Days/ 2 Nights |
Child $1400 per person 3 Days/ 2 Nights |
Private 2 People $4200 |
| This trip includes meals, three full days with your horse, two night below the Maroon Bells. For more than four people or additional days please contact us for a discounted rate. |
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OVERNIGHT WEST SNOWMASS CREEK
From the trailhead, you follow Snowmass Creek upstream, cross the creek and head up West Snowmass Creek. Our camp is located at the base of Clarks Peak and Mt Daly. Regarded by many as one of the most beautiful places you will ever camp. After arriving at the camp you will have an hour or two to relax, wash up, or play a game of horseshoes before your gourmet dinner is served. Then sit around the campfire eating s’mores, tell stories and enjoy the night sounds of the great outdoors. In the morning, after a cowboy breakfast, the more motivated may want to take the one and a half to two-hour hike to Moon Lake, a place of unsurpassed by beauty.
Moon Lake sits in a bowl surrounded by spectacular snow capped peaks. This is a wonderful place to pull out the camera and snap photos of unforgettable scenery. We suggest that if you are interested in hiking to Moon Lake that you consider staying an additional night in the high country. If you do chose to stay two nights, you will get the full experience of Moon Lake, have the time to hike around it, fish, take photos and absorb the untouched beauty. The decent back to the trailhead will start after lunch and have you back home in time for dinner.
Adult: $500 per person
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Private 2 People $1500 /per night |
12:30 pm, returning 2 pm following day |
| This trip includes four meals two full days with your horse, one night high up in the Rocky Mountains. For more than four people or additional days please contact us for a discounted rate. |
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OVERNIGHT WILLOW LAKE
The Willow Creek area is limited by the Forest Service to a minimum of horseback trips into this pristine valley. Therefore, all camping takes place in sites that are not permanent, and must be taken down when we leave. Because this makes these trips more technical, we recommend a minimum of two nights. This trip winds up East Snowmass Creek area and eventually ends at Willow Lake. From there we have many different options available to you depending on the length of your trip.
Adult $800 per person
(2 Days/ 1 Night Min.) |
Child $800 per child
(2 Days/ 1 Might Min.) |
Private $2400 per person
(2 Days/ 1 Night Min.) |
| Times: Trip departs at 9 am; All Day / Overnight |
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TRAVELING PACK TRIPS
If you would
prefer to plan out your own unique adventure, then this is the way to
go. We can work with you to plan a trip that takes you to the places you
want to see, lakes you want to fish, mountain passes you want to travel
over, and the number of days that you would like to ride. Private
fishing guides are available upon request for an additional fee. All
meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) and beverages (juice, water &
soda) can be modified to the client’s style, quality and special needs.
| Times: 3 Day / 2 Night Minimum |
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PACKING GEAR IN & OUT
LOST REMUDA * SNOWMASS LAKE * WILLOW LAKE * MOON LAKE * NICKELSON CREEK * DAILY BASIN
This is a key service for many people. We will bring your gear in and out of the backcountry so you don’t have to. This allows people to explore the Rocky Mountains without having to lug their gear around. Many groups use this service so they can bring a lot of gear and gourmet food and drinks into the high country.
Lost Remuda will be an additional $100 because it is almost impossible to get in and out in one day.
PLEASE NOTE: One cowboy can only pull three mules at a time. If there are 3 or more pack/ riding animals the price will be raised $2 for an additional cowboy. For instance if there is 3 pack animals and 2 riding horses you will need another cowboy. One person cannot bring in or out more than four animals including his own.
**This is a great service for camping in style. You bring us your tents, food, or any gear you would not like to carry and we bring it into the mountains on pack animals. This service makes it possible for people to bring all the extra food, drinks, and gear they couldn’t carry or for some just don’t want to carry. An experienced Cowboy will meet you in one of the Snowmass Creeks Parking lots the day of your departure and obtain everything you would like to be brought up to camp. He will load the mules and make a specific meeting or drop off sight. There is nothing like a great day hike far into the back country using your small day pack and then being able to change in to warm clothes and eat a nice dinner of steak and wine for dinner, while knowing your pancake breakfast will await you in the morning.
| Packing Gear In: $350 |
Packing Gear Out: $350 |
Includes: 1 Cowboy & 1 Pack Mule
Extra animals to Pack/ Ride $110 |
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FISHING AND GUIDED
TRIPS
Our guided fishing trips are one of the best-kept
secrets about the Snowmass Creeks. Throughout the ride up the
spectacular Valley, there are numerous beaver ponds, creeks, and lakes
that your guide will allow you to explore and fish. The great thing
about high mountain fishing is the lack of fishermen and plentiful
amounts of fish. In the morning and evening it looks like it is raining
on Snowmass Lake because so many fish are jumping.
Fly Fishing Guide
$250 per day
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Fishing add $25 per person |
1 Day |
| Fishing is available on all overnight pack
trips and full day trips up Snowmass Creek |
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3 FULL CAMPS AVAILABLE TO RENT
For
those hikers and climbers that want to rest and sleep in class, our
“million star camps” are calling your name. We have three backcountry
camps that are set up with all the equipment you will need (outhouse,
full kitchen, cots, sleeping bags, tents, campfires, and anything else
you need to make your experience more enjoyable). Our camps are located
Near Snowmass Lake, Snake Basin and below Buckskin Pass. Please call for
more information.
| Four Day / Three Night Rental $450 |
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For Reservations and directions please call us at 970-704-0707
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